Discover the Triple Peak of Your Life with Number Theory Help

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if you have three cycles in your life that start the day you're born. the physical, emotional, and intellectual cycles, of length 23, 28, and 33 days. Each cycle follows a sine curve with period equal to the length of that cycle. Measuring time in quarter days which days of your life will you be at a triple peak, where all three cycles are at maximum value?

I don't really know where to start this problem. Any advice? Thanks
 
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You need to find the least common multiple of the three numbers. Do you know how to do this?
 
I know how to find the least common multiple but don't i need to use modular arithmetic or the chinese remainder theorem? I guess I'm confused on what they're really asking.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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